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(No ModlQ) B. T. BABBITT.

OPERATING ORDNANE.

Patented Ail 24, 1886.

EI-ECEFISATIGH forming part or Lehrern Fate?! Applirzximi sfi Fchl'nnry M55/fi;

.To @Z5 whom, it may concern/ef:

'Pc known inni; B15-NJ Line 1" inc csy and county of New A, 'miic of Non* York, hav-c inventa; n non' und nscfnl mprovcrncn in Ordncncc, of which the foiiowinff is n specification.

n Unc nsc of ordnance rnc air which is connincd in thc core of one. gian :so the nic of ring offers n consdcrziinl .acssmnce in tno prqjcctic7 n.110. 'ro rcmovc chin rccsanncc ibhnc i) a pronom o cinco my orar bnc xnnzzc nd cxininst thc nir from tnc boro unir or oighcr 'amounting opprimnn may oc mos@ convcnicncy inonnt'cfx on the gnncnrringc or in cih-cr poni'ons indcpcn/Jremily of thc gun proper; und. my 'invention in n novri cmnbinntion of parts, who ahy i, provide for maintaining communicnon bcwccn lho`-nir-cxmnSt-ing apparatus an@ 'nc boro of thc gno ns tno gun is awning npffn( or downward on its rnnnions.

In bho nccompnnying rnwingfs, 'fignrc l is ccctionnl ccvnion o3" n, cannon or picco ci" ornnncc cnibodying my invcnion, und Fig.

is n Non thereof. i; @aiding ports in. noch inc The cannon or piece C :Lino rnsn'aiolrbcnringc, b, ir n Winge, L5.

Bciorc procccding todo@ in: any invention 'c l in brick escribo Lnc nicchcnism for mmmpnning abc cannon or picco or" ordnance, which forms no port of my iro-sent iwcntonu ignntcs Snc core o inc connor or picco a e of 01Lnmcc,.which is hor-c rcprcscntod as' coscd :1t thc brooch by n br.;cch-scrow" or breech-block, a?. Tho carriage l@ is providcf with cuit-fin@ wheels; b', ano is nico provided with n, worin or scrcw, UZ, which is opcracd, and which, by cngnginff with @nir-Segment), if, on onc portion of thc non or niccc of ordnance in n horizontal pinne.,

Cd nntcsn rodi-shaft, which is arranged' 'forward of thc 'zrnnnions a., und which hns por is n n arm, C@ connoctcll by n. rod, 'wiii tno cannon nl, n point forwnr ci' its -rnnnions. 'Inc rf k-shni'z C also has othcr firms? C", n. opposi. ifdcs o ifnc gun, and choco y prot-e6.

Swim No. 2905176. 'No fnov'eU cor-cnn D in tra by *flic bruni-wheels D', the vrook-ninrig- C bc tnrnci, and irongn 'che 'rod U sind :arm C Wil scrvc zo misc or Eon" .r the nanzzo of thc gun corresponangiy to 'Lnc c hcrcof.

have shown Aro rco-r po-rion of the born o1.' thc cannon n io' powscrchamber, 'af which ir: i'ncd Wim powder bct'orc firing, nini in front roof in n' projectile, ai Tim oir which is ordinarily cont-:Lined in the boro of a gnn zit/cho nxonicns of trng ofifcrs n nm' crini rcsismncc to thc passage of thc project;- iic, sind in cr-.cr to rcinoyc thisrcsist-nncc I prof-fido n--Sncson-i'fipc, Q which is connected with tho clinrgc cnn projcctic, and which, ns here chown, mn'fzzic comme; l also employ an aircxnznsiing .rnans E, which may bc of any onimfic ccncrno-ion? and which scrvcS to ex hansb die nir shrcngn thc pipe c.i As here rcprescntcd7 thc nir exhausting apparatus, which is nscnntcd npon thc carriage B, or .ir any oiicr position independent of t-ho gun or cannon proper, concists icr of nis nomi-operatcd rncchnnism for ma inwoning nir, an cxnanscr operated bynfcan power nigni; bc cmploycd; cr an injccn: might no sni'raby constructed, so that n' jet 'bore of @no cannon forward of thc simply of' a cyindcr Engr AVILBLE Corr 'ifi comico-ico hcrcwith very nem' the ctcczn or comprcfscd nir issuing from thc nozi z'lc of nn inj actor Wcnd scrvc to withdraw the air from thc bor of thc cannon to produce :y

total. vucnnnl thor-cin. The cannon partial or Y A mnsta ot conrsc have or picco of ordnance :freedom of movement npwnrd and downward, while thc aircrngnsting apparatus E, if

monntcd independent iliercof, will bc Station n'rjf. y

n order to propcry connect thc pipe@ with thc :nr-exhausting apparatus, so as to afford .freedom of ynovcnicm for thc cannon A, Ifhavc rcprcscn'sc @hc pipe c as connected with a, socket, fr, which conccnbrcwxth oncof the rnnnions ci inc grin, and from the air-crc` 'innsfoing olipnrnins E leads n pipe, c, which cntcr sind ic cwvccd in the socket; e. ecbrc thc g1-nis fired piace over thc murA :do ncrco n ccp, which may consist of n disk of weed e1- oLiiexsuielile nmleriuhf, and an air-tight, flexible covering, f', which may be el' ndiwrubbex', und which is sprung 01' slipped ovel the muzzle end of the emmen. This cup will Serve te close the muzzle :vir-tight; as seen nii' is exhausted frein the here, :unl when n Shel, is i'neil' this @up will be readily carried away or thrown off the muzzle by the shot, and will nei;- oll'er :my resistance to the passage of the projectile.; l v

'What claim :is my invention, und desire to secure' by Letbersflaten@ is-.

The' Combination, with e emmen or piece of ordnance im@ its carriage, 0f an air-exhaust# ing apparatus mounted independently of the cannon or pieeeef ordnance, :n sockel; concentrie with the trunnions 0l' the ennnon, n pipe lending from said sockel; to theennnon or piece of ordnance in fron'bofrthe charge, und a pipe lendingfroni the :nir-exhaust apparatus into Suid Socket, and through which the air muy be exhausted from the here of the cannon in fuient, el the charge when a cup is'applied over" the muzzle, substantially as herein described.

'Witnessesz .'lmIN SunmnAN,

R. MeGovimN. 

